News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Rumor says that small bonnets are to
be even smaller.
The newest round hats have wide brims
and very high crowns.
Black broadcloth jackets appear among
those prepared for spring.
There are four female missionaries to
every million of women in India.
The young ladies of Crystal Springs,
Miss, have organized a military COM
pany.
Metal cord and gold bullion gimps are
shown for trimming wool dresses and
coats.
There is no economy in purchasing
cheap black goods, particularly cheap
Grape.
At the Court balls Queen Margaret, of
Italy, always takes part in two or three
quadrilles.
Large blocks in color and white are
stylish, particularly when combined with
the plain color.
Many stylish bonnets are made of faille
Franchise this spring, to match the car
rage or visiting costume.
Among the novelties in artificial flow
ers are thistles in every stage of growth,
also cttkins and pussy willows.
Alligator buttons in black and the natu-
raj color of the leather are perhaps the
most stylish of the new buttons.
Spring mantles are exceedingly short,
and scarf-lke bead trimmings are more
fashionable and more beautiful than ever.
Up to December IA, 1886, there had
been granted to women by the United
States letters patent for 1895 inven-
tions.
Every variety of wrap shows sling
sleeves. Velvet ribbons with feathery
edge of blue, white or primrose-yellow are
a Novelty.
Lemon-colored gauze wells will be in
vogue this summer. The Princess of
Wales has one, and it is regarded as
stunning"
Jackets of barred and striped cloths of
dark colors. or of Suede or tan shades, are
used for street wear this Spring with a
variety of dresses.
A young woman in Detroit recently re-
ceived bequest of $3.50, 900, and it is
stated that she has since refused thirty
offers of marriage.
Ben: Perley Poore makes the startling
assertion that the practice of snuf-dip-
ping has found great favor among the
fair sex at Washington.
Fancy and jeweled hairpins for orna-
mental Undressing and pins and two
pronged combs are in high favor and
come in all shapes and fancies.
Scotch ginghams in stripes, checks or
plaids; striped sateens, India linen in two
colors, percales, Chambery and prints
are provided for wash dresses for little
girls.
For little boys OF girls an attractive
suit consists of white India linen sailor
blouse, with a colored kilt of gingham
or lawn and sailor collar and cuffs of the
same.
Heavy-corded white pique, white bou-
rette-striped cloths and smooth striped
cloths in two shades of gray or brown are
the favorite materials for walking coats
for tiny girls.
The greatest simplicity in style and
garniture, and the perfection of fitting
and making, are the leading characters
tics OF tailor made travelling and prone
made gowns this season.
The long round overskirt, simply
hemmed, and caught up on the sides in
the manner best suited to the figure of
the wearer, will be used for dresses of
wash materials this summer.
Mrs T. s. Rover has School of Cook
cry for Women, in Philadelphia, and also
gives practical lessons on marketing, and
has four brawny assistants to cut up sides
of beef and mutton in the lecture-room.
The daffodil is the flower of fashion at
this season in London. Florists windows
are filed with yellow masses of the rel gn-
ing favorite, and huge corsage bouquets
CLEAN from afar through fog and smoke.
San Francisco has a novelty in an
itinerant female button adjuster, who
stands at the street corner with her box
of buttons Cthe mechanical seIf-fastening
hinu1 Iuldy ~ repair the accidents of the
day.
Three-fourths of an ounce of glycerlne,
six drains avordupois of powdered borax,
mixed with twelve ounces of rose or elder
flower water, furnishes harmless and
pleasant toilet preparation for the face and
hands.
The collection of lace in the Vatican,
at Rome, is the most rare and valuable
one in the whole of Europe 1t con-
sists of the finest specimens of almost all
epochs, all countries and all qualities of
the finest.
According to New York correspond
ent women are considered by publishers
to be among the best judges of manu-
script Whether it be their critical judg-
ment or their critical instinct, their CON
clusion as to whether an embryo book or
magazine article will take with the public
or not is pretty sure to be correct.
Hot water is more efficient cleanser
of the skin than either cold or warm
water, because it better dissolves grease
and other secrctive and excretive mat
tiers, says DIR. Anna Kingsford. But the
use of hot or warm baths too frequently
is injurious to the general health and to
the skin, causing excavation and loss of
tonicity.
Empress Elizabeth, of Australia Hun
gary, recently visited the Vienna Lunatic
Asylum. Nearly all of the mad men and
women recognized the Empress, who had
visited the place before, and several noble
men kissed her hands, while the women
knelt to receive her blessing. One lunatic
Her Majesty and said: mo
one would ever think you were grand
motherl'
According to the Honiteur de Ia Mode
the Princess of Wales is the best-dressed
woman in all Europe. She does not
dress always in the latest style, and
never looks like fashion plate. But
she arranges hes hair to suit her face;
wears her bonnet to harmonic with the
shape of her head; her dresses and man
ties fit her to perfection, and altogether
she is perfect.
A Skillful Penman.
The most accomplished penwoman or
penman among the fifteen thousand of
clerks at Washington is Mrs.